Washington | 4 days ago
Moms who don't breastfeed at risk of diabetes
Washington, Aug 29 - Women who don't breastfeed their babies are more at risk of developing type-2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease, later in life than mothers who did.'We have seen dramatic increases in the prevalence of type-2 diabetes over the last century,' said Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, assistant professor of medicine, epidemiology, and obstetrics, gynaecology at the University of P ... read more

Dhaka | 9 days ago
Dhaka court reopens trial, hanging of 1971 war hero
Dhaka, Aug 24 - The high court in Bangladesh has reopened the case of a 1971 war hero who was tried and hanged after he fell out with the then military strongman Ziaur Rahman, husband of opposition leader Khaleda Zia.The court directed the government to produce records of the trial under martial law regulations that saw Colonel Abu Taher condemned to death in 1976. Taher, who was a Pakistan Army ... read more

London | 14 days ago
Diet soft drinks cause premature births
London, Aug 19 - Pregnant women should avoid artificially sweetened diet soft drinks, as a study has linked them with premature births.Research conducted on almost 60,000 pregnant women in Denmark found that those who drank such soft drinks, whether fizzy or still, were more likely to give birth early. It was found that those who drank one serving daily of artificially sweetened fizzy drink were ... read more

London | 18 days ago
Paracetamol doubles teens' chances of getting asthma
London, Aug 15 - Teenagers who take paracetamol regularly more than double their chances of getting asthma, says a study.A study of more than 300,000 teenagers, aged 13 and 14 years, found those who took paracetamol once a month were 2.5 times as likely to have asthma than those who didn't. The research also linked paracetamol use to allergic nasal congestion and eczema, reports the Telegraph. A ... read more

London | 19 days ago
Teenagers may develop asthma by taking paracetamol
London, Aug 14 - Teenagers could double their risk of developing asthma by taking paracetamol, a widely used over-the-counter pain reliever, even once a month, scientists in New Zealand have said.Adolescents who use the painkiller at least once a year have a 50 percent increase in risk compared with those who don't, a study found. The international report, covering 300,000 teenagers in 50 countrie ... read more

1 month ago
WikiLeaks disclosures will not change US policy towards Pakistan
The Indian belief that the disclosures by WikiLeaks will finally persuade the Americans to read the riot act to Pakistan is misplaced.As US President Barack Obama has said, the expose has revealed nothing new. As such, all that the US is likely to say is Pakistan should do 'more' to check terrorism. In any event, Washington is apparently more concerned about shooting the messenger for divulging st ... read more

Washington | 2 months ago
Elders watch more TV than younger people
Washington, June 29 - Contrary to popular belief, older adults watch more TV than children or teenagers and it is not good for them either, a study has revealed.Researchers at the Stein Institute for Research on Ageing, University of California, San Diego - examined TV use in a large, nationally representative sample that was collected by the Centre for Health and Well Being at Princeton Universit ... read more

Kathmandu | 2 months ago
Briton seeks to clear dead Indian heroes' Everest record
Kathmandu, June 25 - Almost 15 years after they died trying to create an Indian record on Mt Everest, a British mountaineer is seeking to help the three Indo-Tibetan Border Police - heroes who remain unsung and even bereft of a last resting place.Ian Woodall, a British climber who survived the darkest tragedy on Mt Everest in 1996 when a freak blizzard killed eight people on a single day, is retur ... read more

Washington | 2 months ago
Red wine ingredient prevents blinding
Washington, June 25 - Resveratrol, an ingredient found in red wine, grapes, blueberries, peanuts and some plants, stops uncontrolled blood vessel growth in the eye, says a study led by an Indian-American.'Resveratrol has been identified as an anti-aging compound. Given our interest in age-related eye diseases, we wanted to find out whether there was any link,' said retina specialist Rajendra S. Ap ... read more

Washington | 2 months ago
Schizophrenia signs found in babies' brains
Washington, June 22 - The first evidence that brain abnormalities associated with schizophrenia are detectable in few-weeks-old babies have been found, say researchers at the Universities of North Carolina - and Columbia.Schizophrenia is a mental disorder affecting one in 100 people worldwide. Most cases aren't detected until a person starts experiencing symptoms like delusions and hallucinations ... read more